Czech Cabbage Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

2 lb Beef soup bones
1 c Onion -- chopped
3 Carrots -- pared & chopped
1 Bay leaf
2 lb Beef short ribs
1 t Thyme (dried leaf)
1/2 ts Paprika
8 c Water
8 c Cabbage -- chpd (1 head)
2 lb Tomatoes -- (2 cans)
2 ts Salt
3/4 c Tabasco sauce
1/4 c Parsley -- chopped
3 tb Lemon juice
3 tb Sugar
1 lb Sauerkraut (1 can)

Directions:

1.Place beef bones, onion, carrots, garlic and bay leaf in roasting pan. Top with short ribs; sprinkle with thyme and paprika. Roast, uncovered, in 450* oven for 20-30 minutes or until meat is brown. Transfer meat and vegetables into large kettle.

2.Using a small amount of water, scrape browned meat bits from roasting pan into kettle. Add water, cabbage, tomatoes, salt and Tabasco. Bring to boil.

3.Cover; simmer 1 1/2 hours. Skim off fat. Add parsley, lemon juice, sugar and sauerkraut. Cook, uncovered, for 1 hour. Remove bones and short ribs from kettle. Cool slightly; remove meat from bones.

4.Cut meat into cubes; return to kettle. Cook 5 minutes longer.

Serves 12